STAMFORD, Conn. – February 13, 2018 – Sochi slalom gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin makes her highly anticipated PyeongChang debut as she looks to repeat her victory of four years ago in the slalom tonight, highlighting live primetime coverage at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Shiffrin, the three-time reigning world champion, enters as the heavy favorite. The final run of women’s slalom will air in “Primetime Plus” at 12:05 a.m. ET. Two-time U.S. champion pairs’ duo Alexa Scimeca Knierim and ChrisKnierim return to the ice competing in the pairs’ short program during live primetime coverage.

Tonight’s live primetime coverage also features the men’s halfpipe final, as two-time Olympic gold medalist Shaun White continues his quest for redemption after posting the highest score in the qualifying runs. U.S. teammates and first-time Olympians Ben Ferguson, Jake Pates, and Chase Josey also could vie for podium spots.

“Primetime Plus” coverage showcases several short track races, including 18-year-old Maame Biney in the women’s 500m, while J.R. Celski and John-Henry Krueger lead the U.S. in the men’s 1000m.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA complements NBCUniversal’s extensive coverage of the Winter Olympics, with wall-to-wall programming from the host city. Daily coverage includes 20 hours of highlights, news and features provided by Olympic Channel News; live Olympic medal ceremony coverage from the PyeongChang Medal Plaza; and a daily studio show hosted by 13-time Emmy Award winner Jimmy Roberts. The 30-minute Winter Olympics Daily studio show airs daily at Noon ET, and provides features, storytelling, commentary, and highlights, including a “Meet the Olympic Press” segment that will bring together contributing journalists to discuss all the daily news and storylines surrounding PyeongChang.

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14

Wednesday’s primetime coverage live across all time zones on NBC continues beginning at 8 p.m. ET, Mikaela Shiffrin is expected to contend for gold in women’s giant slalom. The final run of women’s giant slalom will air in “Primetime Plus” at 12:05 a.m. ET. In speed skating’s 1000m gold medal final, Heather Bergsma, who won gold in this event at last season’s World Single Distance Championships, and teammate Brittany Bowe, the 2015 world champion in this event, are expected to contend. NBCSN presents live coverage of the women’s speed skating final Wednesday at 2:30 a.m. ET.

Primetime coverage also includes two-time U.S. champion pairs’ duo Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim returning to the ice for the pairs’ free skate, the men’s downhill competition, and the first of two runs of the men’s skeleton competition.

“Primetime Plus” coverage at 12:05 a.m. ET features men’s snowboard cross. The U.S. is expected to be represented by Hagen Kearney, who had a breakout season in 2017, and Jonathan Cheever. Coverage will also include the second run of the men’s skeleton competition.

Wednesday’s daytime coverage at 3 p.m. ET on NBC includes men’s doubles luge. The U.S. will be represented by Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman. Coverage also includes the start of nordic combined competition, featuring American brothers Bryan and Taylor Fletcher.

Live coverage of Team USA hockey highlights NBCSN’s coverage on Wednesday. First the U.S. men, led by 2006 Olympian Brian Gionta, open the Olympic tournament against Slovenia at 6:30 a.m. ET. Live coverage continues at 10 p.m. ET, two-time Olympic silver medalist Hilary Knight, captain Meghan Duggan, and 2017 world championship MVP Brianna Decker lead the U.S. in the first showdown against rival Canada of the Olympic tournament. Team USA looks to avenge a 3-2 overtime loss to Canada at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.

Wednesday’s coverage on NBCSN continues with biathlon’s women’s 15km individual event at 11 a.m. ET, as SusanDunklee leads the U.S. in against a top international field led by Germany’s Laura Dahlmeier, whose already won two gold medals at these Games, as well as the defending Olympic gold medalist in the event, Darya Domracheva of Belarus.

USA Network host live coverage of hockey on Wednesday, when the women’s Korea team takes on Japan at 2:30 a.m. ET, followed by a men’s matchup between Olympic Athletes from Russia vs. Slovakia at 7 a.m. ET.

CNBC continues its daily Olympic curling coverage, as the women’s tournament gets underway with the Nina Roth skipped U.S. team vs. Japan at 5 p.m. ET. Live coverage continues with the men’s tournament, when Finland takes on Germany.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA complements NBCUniversal’s extensive coverage of the Winter Olympics, with wall-to-wall programming from the host city. Daily coverage includes 20 hours of highlights, news and features provided by Olympic Channel News; live Olympic medal ceremony coverage from the PyeongChang Medal Plaza; and a daily studio show hosted by 13-time Emmy Award winner Jimmy Roberts. The 30-minute Winter Olympics Daily studio show airs daily at Noon ET, and provides features, storytelling, commentary, and highlights, including a “Meet the Olympic Press” segment that will bring together contributing journalists to discuss all the daily news and storylines surrounding PyeongChang.

NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app, which are powered by NBC Sports’ Playmaker Media, will deliver more than 1,800 hours of live-event and TV simul-stream coverage for the PyeongChang Olympics. In a Winter Games first, NBC broadcast network content will be live streamed, including the daytime, primetime and primetime-plus shows.

Figure Skating – Coverage features the pairs’ short program, where Team USA is represented by the husband-and-wife duo of AlexaScimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim.

Alpine Skiing – Multi-medal threat Mikaela Shiffrin, who in 2014 became the youngest-ever Olympic slalom champion, begins her title defense as the heavy favorite (run 1 of 2).

Snowboarding – American Shaun White targets a third Olympic halfpipe gold against a field that also features Ben Ferguson and Australia’s ScottyJames.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Primetime Plus):

Alpine Skiing – Alpine coverage includes U.S. sensation Mikaela Shiffrin’s attempt to become the first back-to-back Olympic champion in women’s slalom (run 2 of 2).

Short Track – Short track powerhouse South Korea could celebrate gold in the women’s 500m, where Choi Min-Jeong is among the favorites, while 18-year-old upstart Maame Biney of Virginia is an outside contender. Short Track action also includes qualifying in the men’s 1000m and men’s 5000m relay.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:

Short Track –South Korea’s Choi Min-Jeong enter the women’s 500m as a favorite on home ice, while 18-year-old Maame Biney is an outside contender for the U.S. Reigning overall world champion Seo Yi-Ra headlines a deep South Korean contingent in the men’s 1000m (qualifying), with J.R. Celski and John-Henry Krueger leading Team USA. Coverage also includes the men’s 5000m relay (qualifying).

Curling – Curling’s first Olympic mixed doubles competition nears conclusion with the bronze medal final between Norway and Olympic Athletes of Russia. The men’s curling round-robin phase begins as the John Shuster-skipped Team USA takes on host South Korea.

Hockey – Game of the Day (teams TBD). Sweden and Switzerland face off in Women’s Group B action.

Figure Skating – Figure Skating coverage features early groups in the pairs’ short program. Liam McHugh will host Olympic Ice Presented by Toyota, a live, daily figure skating show. He will be joined by co-host Tanith White and analyst Scott Hamilton for in-depth coverage of all things Figure Skating, including a preview of the pairs’ short program.

CNBC HIGHLIGHTS:

Curling – The first-ever Olympic gold medal in mixed doubles curling will be awarded when Canada and Switzerland meeting in the final.

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA HIGHLIGHTS:

Jimmy Roberts will host Winter Olympics Daily, a 30-minute studio show providing features, storytelling, commentary, and highlights, including a “Meet the Olympic Press” segment that will bring together contributing journalists to discuss all the daily news and storylines surrounding PyeongChang.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will provide 20 hours of the most comprehensive news and highlights coverage from PyeongChang every day via the Olympic Channel News Service.

Alpine Skiing – Multi-medal threat Mikaela Shiffrin of the U.S. in run 1 (of 2) of the women’s giant slalom. The event will conclude live later in “Primetime Plus.” On the men’s side, the “Attacking Vikings” of Norway – led by three-time Olympic medalist Aksel Lund Svindal – are among those seeking to prevent Austria’s Matthias Mayer from becoming the first repeat Olympic champion in the men’s downhill.

Skeleton – Latvia’s Martins Dukurs and South Korea’s Yun Sung-Bin begin their duel for men’s Skeleton gold in run 1 (of 4), while 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Matt Antoine will likely lead the U.S.

Speed Skating – Among the most anticipated speed skating events in PyeongChang is the women’s 1000m, with reigning world champion HeatherBergsma of Team USA facing a deep international field.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):

Alpine Skiing – Multi-medal threat Mikaela Shiffrin of Colorado targets her second podium finish of the Games in run 2 of the women’s giant slalom.

Luge – The two entrants from luge superpower Germany are the sleds to beat in doubles, with Team USA’s duo of Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman among the outside contenders.

Speed Skating – Among the most anticipated speed skating events in PyeongChang is the women’s 1000m, with reigning world champion HeatherBergsma of Team USA facing a deep international field that includes recent world record-setter Nao Kodaira of Japan.

Hockey – On the opening day of men’s hockey competition, Team USA – comprising collegiate athletes, American Hockey League players and others competing professionally overseas – faces Slovenia in Group B action. Game of the Day (teams TBD). Canada and Team USA meet in a Group A showdown, renewing an Olympic rivalry after a dramatic win for Canada in the 2014 gold medal game.

Luge – Coverage of the luge doubles event, where Germany’s two teams are likely to duel for gold.

Biathlon – Biathlon coverage includes the women’s 15km individual event. SusanDunklee is the top American in a field led by Germany’s Laura Dahlmeier, who’s already won two gold medals at these Games, and defending Olympic gold medalist Darya Domracheva of Belarus.

Figure Skating – Figure skating coverage features early groups in the pairs’ free skate competition. Liam McHugh will host Olympic Ice Presented by Toyota, a live, daily figure skating show. He will be joined by co-host Tanith White and analyst Scott Hamilton for in-depth coverage of all things Figure Skating, including a preview of the pairs’ free skate.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:

Hockey – Korea faces Japan in Group B women’s hockey action, followed by Slovakia taking on Olympic Athletes from Russia in a Group B men’s hockey tilt.

Jimmy Roberts will host Winter Olympics Daily, a 30-minute studio show providing features, storytelling, commentary, and highlights, including a “Meet the Olympic Press” segment that will bring together contributing journalists to discuss all the daily news and storylines surrounding PyeongChang.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will provide live coverage of the pageantry and exhilaration surrounding every Olympic medal ceremony from the PyeongChang Medal Plaza.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will provide 20 hours of the most comprehensive news and highlights coverage from PyeongChang every day via the Olympic Channel News Service.

Figure Skating – Men’s figure skating begins with the short program, as 18-year-old Salt Lake City native Nathan Chen looks to confirm his status as a gold medal contender against a deep international field.

Alpine Skiing – Lake Placid native Andrew Weibrecht is an outside contender for a third-consecutive medal in the men’s super-G.

Snowboarding – Women’s snowboard cross gets underway. The U.S. will be represented by 2006 Olympic silver medalist Lindsey Jacobellis, who won her fifth world title in 2017. Skeleton – The final runs of men’s skeleton feature reigning world champ Martins Dukurs of Latvia and South Korea’s own Yun Sung-Bin, with Americans Matt Antoine (2014 bronze) and John Daly lead the Americans. Daly returns after heartbreak in Sochi, where he dropped from contention when his sled came out of the groove.

Freestyle Skiing – Women’s aerials competition gets underway. The U.S. will be led by reigning world champion Ashley Caldwell and 2015 World Cup champion Kiley McKinnon.

NBC HIGHLIGHTS (Daytime):

Cross-Country Skiing – The U.S. enters PyeongChang seeking its first Olympic medal in a women’s cross-country event, and a Jessie Diggins-led contingent could achieve that breakthrough in the 10km freestyle. Contenders also include Norwegian star Marit Bjorgen, who continues her quest to become to the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time.

Luge – Team USA enters luge’s team relay event with high hopes after a second-place finish at last year’s World Championships.

Biathlon – Lake Placid native and reigning world champion Lowell Bailey shoots and skis for a biathlon breakthrough in the men’s 20km individual event; entering PyeongChang, the U.S. has never won an Olympic medal in the sport.

NBCSN HIGHLIGHTS:

Hockey – Norway faces Sweden in men’s Group C hockey action. Canada, continuing its quest for a third straight gold, takes on Switzerland in Men’s Group A action. Game of the Day (teams TBD).

Cross-Country Skiing – The U.S. enters PyeongChang seeking its first Olympic medal in a women’s cross-country event, and a Jessie Diggins-led contingent could achieve that breakthrough in the 10km freestyle. Contenders also include Norwegian star Marit Bjorgen, who continues her quest to become to the most decorated Winter Olympian of all time. On the men’s side, Norway’s MartinJohnsrud Sundby, who has already won one medal at these Games, is among the gold medal contenders in the 15km freestyle.

Luge – Team USA enters luge’s relay event with high hopes after a second-place finish at last year’s World Championships.

Speed Skating – In speed skating, world record holder Ted-Jan Bloemen of Canada challenges the Dutch duo of Sven Kramer and defending champion Jorrit Bergsma in the men’s 10,000m.

Biathlon – Lake Placid native and reigning world champion Lowell Bailey shoots and skis for a biathlon breakthrough in the men’s 20km individual event; entering PyeongChang, the U.S. has never won an Olympic medal in the sport.

Curling – Team USA takes on Italy in a men’s curling round-robin match. Team USA takes on Sweden in a men’s curling round-robin match.

Figure Skating – Figure skating coverage features early groups of the men’s short program. Liam McHugh will host Olympic Ice Presented by Toyota, a live, daily figure skating show. He will be joined by co-host Tanith White and analyst Scott Hamilton for in-depth coverage of all things figure skating, including a preview of the men’s short program.

USA HIGHLIGHTS:

Hockey – Finland faces Olympic Athletes from Russia in a Group A women’s hockey game. Host nation South Korea meets the Czech Republic in a Group A men’s hockey game.

Hockey – The U.S. men’s hockey team, made up of collegiate athletes, American Hockey League players, and Americans playing professionally overseas, faces Slovakia in Group B action.

OLYMPIC CHANNEL: HOME OF TEAM USA HIGHLIGHTS:

Jimmy Roberts will host Winter Olympics Daily, a 30-minute studio show providing features, storytelling, commentary, and highlights, including a “Meet the Olympic Press” segment that will bring together contributing journalists to discuss all the daily news and storylines surrounding PyeongChang.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will provide live coverage of the pageantry and exhilaration surrounding every Olympic medal ceremony from the PyeongChang Medal Plaza.

Olympic Channel: Home of Team USA will provide 20 hours of the most comprehensive news and highlights coverage from PyeongChang every day via the Olympic Channel News Service.